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  <h1 class="Head">Editors</h1>
  <p class="Para">You can change the following preferences on the <a class="command-link" href=
  'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.Editors)")'>
  <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt="command link"><strong>General &gt;
  Editors</strong></a> preference page:</p>
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        <th>Option</th>
        <th>Description</th>
        <th>Default</th>
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        <td><b>Size of recently opened files list</b></td>
        <td>Each file that is opened in an editor is stored in a list of recently used files in the <b>File</b> menu.
        This option controls the number of files that is displayed in that list.</td>
        <td>20</td>
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        <td><b>Allow in-place system editors</b></td>
        <td>Specifies whether or not the workbench may open system editors of OLE applications on Windows in-place.</td>
        <td>On</td>
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        <td><b>Restore editor state at startup</b></td>
        <td>Specifies whether or not the workbench should restore the state of open editors on startup.</td>
        <td>On</td>
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        <td><b>Promp to save on close even if still open elsewhere</b></td>
        <td>Specifies whether or not the workbench prompts for saving when a dirty editor or view is closed, 
        but the same is still open in other parts</td>
        <td>On</td>
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        <td><b>Close editors automatically</b></td>
        <td>Specifies whether or not the workbench should automatically close editors when a given number of editors is reached.</td>
        <td>On</td>
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        <td><b>Number of open editors before closing</b></td>
        <td>If <em>Close editors automatically</em> is turned <em>On</em> this specifies the number of editor that are 
        kept open for automatically closing editors.</td>
        <td>99</td>
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  <h3 class="related">Related reference</h3><a href="ref-24.htm">Editor Area</a>
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